Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-12-02
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.
An Rpitoms Of The Principal Events Nov
Attracting Public Interest
A fire at Memphis DESTROYED cotton
Il l;il;n,,, yaluad at 1850 600

Fourteen persons were Klileu ny AZ
explosion in a coal mine at Gfeizlnce,
Germany.
A Young man named Rafferty, was
killed by the upceiting OF hay wagon
near Placerville, Idaho.
By an explosion of a furnace III
Cleveland, Ohio, two men were killed
and five Others badly injured.
Fourteen men were seriou-ly, and i
is feared some OF them fatally injured
by an explosion of gasoline at Phlia-
delphia.
The ofIicial list of the members OF
the next House OF Representatives
shows that it will consist of l6S d me
crats, 1873 Republicans and four hide
pendents.
China officials have reported to The
emtress dowager that an amounteqna'
| to $l2,750,000 will be required Tor the
young emperor's marriage. An edlct
has been ordered to raise this amount.
A. A Cohen, attorney for the South
ern Pacific Railway Company, died
! while en- route from New York, near
| Sidney, Neb. 1t is believed that the
immediate cause of his death WAS pr
alysis, thou.,h he had been i'll for some
months
The Union Ptcific he's issued n new
freight tariff. which reduces rates from |
Omaha to all Montana points on an
average of ten per cent. on all classes
| OF Ia
Manitoba rate recently promulgated,
and which cut TIE Union Pacific felt
bound to meet.
A special from Coffeeville, Ms. says
u body of men, estimated ut $50, went
Into Peterborough and demanded ri the
commi-si that they either deliver
M the billot-boXes or Issue certificates
If election to the labor candidates. The
commissioners chose the Latter alterna-
tive, and certificates were issued.
At Amsterdam, N Y ,aerolite weigh
ing three tons dropped with loud re-
port in the ma n street, making II deep
identation in the ground. Gre It ex
element was created by the occur
renee and large crowds visited the ce
: lesiial visitor. Local experts fni traces
of iron, nickel, aluminium and other
metals in the aerolite.
William KILLER and Others have filed
application for writ OF m indam11 to
compel the Susquehanna Coal Com
pany to produce the bodies of twenty
six miners who were buried in the No
| slope Of that com panv, at Nanticoka.
Pa, on the 18th of December, 1885,
and whose bodies are still entomed in
the pit. 1t would cost 5000, 900 to dig
them out.
!, In 1886 there were handled bv the
clerks in The railway mail service OF
, letters, ordinary matter and regis tered
packages, through registered pouches
an | inner registered sacks. 5.315S47,-
Oh pieces. In 1887. 1851 1874 .057. be-
ing an increase Of 800 54S 013 pieces.
During the year 1874, SIT errors 10 dis
\ ior citn 900 pieces handled.
Lieut.. Gen P. II. Sheridan has pre-
: sonted his annual report to the Secre-
t tary of War. At the date of the last
y consolidated returns, the army con
| Il
: including Indian scouts. The heuten-
. ant-general briefly sums up the condi-
ZION OF the various divisions OF the
army, and says that while it has been
Tree from Indian hostilities of any mag
nitude, many operat ons of minor
nature have been rendered necessary
Y The Hancock Chemical Company's
! packing house, for dynamite, WAS blown
= mp at I>hpemins, Mich. The follow
% ing named men, who were On the prem
i Ises, were annihilate,i with ihp build
=. ing: Willie Renau'. CHARLES B rkel
q Thomas Thompson, Tim Crowley, Will
II King and VIM. l. p'. There were
1900 pounds OF dynamite in the builI
= ing. Search was begun immediately
' for the bodies of the six victims. All
that was found were n few scraps of
!, fl sh. The cause Of the explosion will
" never be known.
i Five negro larorers were killed by a
dynamite expl, sion in the cut on The
extension of the n tshville & Florence
railroad near Nashville. Tenn. The
, calamity was the result OF Il misunder
Il standing. The foreman had sent his
hands away to place of safe'y, with
orders not to return until he sent for
them. lie, with en- or two hands.
q remained to charge the holes in the
rocks and fire the fuses Five of the
t hands came back in the cut Just below
facing where the blasting was to he
+ done, aud instantly tons of boulder,
, and earth were hurled in on them.
e The annual report of Treasurer
Hyatt shows that the revenues of the
| Government for the fiscal year were
1871 ,403 2I7, and ordinary expendi
/ lures $2G7 932 ,179, the surplus of re
ceipts available for reduction of the
public debt being SOB ,097. A.
compared with the previous year. re-
2 ceipts increased $34 963 $50, expendi-
r lures S25 AIS 04O and surplus reye-
= nues s9,5l4,50 There was an in
: crease in every article of revenue, the
= largest being IN receipts from customs.
The largest increase in expenditures
q WAS on account of Indians and pen
slons, and the largest decrease on ac
count OF interest on the public debt
Receipts of the postotiice department,
: amounted to $5l 1852 ,3l7, and expendi.
lures t. S53 ,5S3,S35. Revenues excm
Nlve of Deficiency appropria ions, in
; creased So 800 .405. and exnnndiiuro